HIBOR FUTURES
November 2017
OVERVIEW TRADING BENEFITS
• The Hong Kong dollar (HKD) interbank market is • Hedging fluctuations in Hong Kong dollar actively used by banks and financial institutions interest rates to raise necessary funding and financing for daily • Front-end yield curve risk management tool commercial activities. • Transparency and efficiency of standardised • Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (HIBOR) is the exchange-traded contracts rate at which HKD-denominated instruments are • Limited counterparty risks traded between banks in Hong Kong, and is the • Leveraging effect of futures margining benchmark for short-term interest rates in the HKD • Block trade facilities supported by the HKATS money market. • Introduced in 1997 and 1998, HKEX’s One-Month HIBOR Futures and Three-Month HIBOR Futures contracts provide a set of interest rate products which allow market participants to manage their short-term interest rate exposures more effectively. • Amid the rate hike cycle of the United States, HKEX’s HIBOR Futures provide risk management opportunities against potential HKD interest rate movements. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
ONE-MONTH HIBOR FUTURES THREE-MONTH HIBOR FUTURES Underlying Interest Rate One-Month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate Three-Month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate Contract Size HK$15,000,000 HK$5,000,000 Contract Months Spot month, next 5 calendar months Spot month, next 2 calendar months, next 7 quarter months Contract Value Contracted Price multiplied by the value of Contracted Price multiplied by the value of a Minimum Fluctuation multiplied by 100 a Minimum Fluctuation multiplied by 100 e.g. 95.50 x (HK$15,000,000 x 0.0001 x 1/12) x 100 e.g. 95.50 x (HK$5,000,000 x 0.0001 x 0.25) x 100 Trading Hours 8:30 am - 12:00 noon & 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm (Hong Kong Time) (Trading Hours on the Last Trading Day: 8:30 am – 11:00 am) Last Trading Day Two Business Days before the third (3rd) Wednesday of the Contract Month Final Settlement Day The third Wednesday of the Contract Month (If the third (3rd) Wednesday of such Contract Month is not a Business Day then the Final Settlement Day of the Contract shall be the next Business Day following the third (3rd) Wednesday of the Contract Month) Final Settlement Price One hundred (100.00) minus the one-month HKAB HKD One hundred (100.00) minus the three-month HKAB HKD Interest Settlement Rate quoted at approximately Interest Settlement Rate quoted at approximately 11:15 am on the Last Trading Day, rounded up to the 11:15 am on the Last Trading Day, rounded up to the nearest 2 decimal places if the figure in the third decimal nearest 2 decimal places if the figure in the third decimal place is 5 or above and rounded down to the nearest 2 place is 5 or above and rounded down to the nearest 2 decimal places if it is below 5 (100.00 – HKAB HKD Interest decimal places if it is below 5 (100.00 – HKAB HKD Interest Settlement Rate = Final Settlement Price) Settlement Rate = Final Settlement Price) Settlement Method Cash settlement Cash Settlement Initial Margin HK$1,202 / contract HK$1,981 / contract Block Trade Threshold 80 contracts 80 contracts Vendor Tickers Bloomberg: HJA
Information as of November 2017. For latest information, please visit the HKEX website at www.hkex.com.hk. MARKET ANALYSIS One-Month HIBOR Fixing Three-Month HIBOR Fixing
% per annum % per annum 7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sources: HKEX, HKMA
1 APPLICATIONS OF HIBOR FUTURES
• Hedging Interest Rate Movements Rise in interest rate: borrowers can sell One-Month or Three-Month HIBOR Futures contracts to hedge their borrowing cost. At the renewal of loans, profits from closing out the HIBOR Futures positions can cover part or all of the higher interest charges. Fall in interest rate: investors can buy One-Month or Three-Month HIBOR Futures contracts to lock in forward deposit rates. At the renewal or arrangement of time deposits, profits from closing out the HIBOR Futures positions can cover part or all of the loss of the lower deposit interest receipts.
• Directional Trading Investors expect rise in interest rate: can profit by selling One-Month or Three-Month HIBOR Futures contracts. (If interest rates rise, prices of One-Month or Three-Month HIBOR Futures contracts will decrease) Investors expect fall in interest rate: can profit by buying One-Month or Three-Month HIBOR Futures contracts. (If interest rates decline, prices of One-Month or Three-Month HIBOR Futures contracts will increase)
• Spread Trading Investors can employ yield spread trading when they believe the spread between the One-Month HIBOR Futures and Three-Month HIBOR Futures will change. HIBOR Futures contracts can also be used to achieve inter-market spread trading between two markets, such as Eurodollar futures against HIBOR Futures.
• Better Hedging for Forward Rate Agreements (FRA) By combining One-Month and Three-Month HIBOR Futures contracts with different maturity periods, investors can hedge against a wide array of FRA positions, therefore providing users with a complete set of front-end yield curve risk management tools.
• HIBOR Strips HIBOR Strips offer flexibility in placing buy and sell orders and executing trades for a consecutive series of contracts in the HIBOR futures market. Each One-Month HIBOR Strip comprises three consecutive monthly contracts and each Three-Month HIBOR Strip comprises four consecutive quarterly contracts. HIBOR Strips are quoted as 100 minus the implied interest rate (the same as HIBOR Futures). An executed Strip is registered as separate purchases or sales of the comprising HIBOR Futures contracts at the same price as the executed Strip.
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